5 Punching Bag Drills

Every person who wants to good in shape would be interested to know five punching bag drills. Practicing with drills in not just punching bags but other areas of workout is the most effective way to train because it is setup to work your muscles as efficiently as possible. Workouts that involve drills also lowers your risk of injury because, if done correctly, they force you to use your muscles not only efficiency but also correctly.

1. The first drill you want to memorize is the warm up. With this drill, you just want to limber up before moving on to the more strenuous, sweat inducing workouts. To warm up, you want to stretch all of your muscles so your best bet is to just avoid the punching bag altogether for now and stretch your arms by putting one across your chest and pulling it with the other. And to warm up your legs, keep them straight and bend over and touch your toes.
2. One of the main aspects of fighting is speed, so a speed drill is imperative. You can complete this drill by starting with simple jabs, then move onto combos, hooks, etc. doing six per set. While doing this make sure to keep an even pace and not try to get ahead of yourself and tire yourself out to early. The best course of action is to start slow and build up to a comfortable speed that you can maintain.
3. Practicing your coordination in your feet is also an important aspect to focus on. To practice this feat, pun intended, slowly circle the bag and throw a jab, hook, etc. for every 1-3 steps taking care to keep balance.
4. The drill you want to do next improves your strength. The best way to do strength training on the punching bag is to hit the bag while it’s stationary, catch it, and hit it again while it’s stationary. At first you won’t be able to move it very far but this is the best training for strength because you are hitting the dead weight of the bag.
5. The cool down is the last drill you want to do in your work out. You want to stretch one more time like you did at the beginning of the workout, this will ensure you don’t cramp up after your done and you won’t  “confuse” your muscles by stopping a workout on a dime!